1 July 2025

Who does this notice affect?

Importers, brokers, operators of approved arrangement sites and operators of biosecurity entry points.

What has changed?

We are drafting new policy to improve the way we schedule biosecurity and imported food inspections.

A Have Your Say survey on the draft policy will be open for consultation from 1 July to 8 August 2025.

The draft Scheduling arrangements for imported cargo inspections policy introduces:

Date of issue: 1 July 2025

Date of effect: 1 July 2025

Attention: all stakeholders

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that the 2025-26 Cost Recovery Implementation Statement (CRIS), will be published on the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) website (www.agriculture.gov.au) in July 2025.

1 July 2025

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that the 2025-26 horticulture and grain exports cost recovery implementation statement (CRIS), will be published on our website in July 2025.

Date of issue: 1 July 2025

Date of effect: 1 July 2025

Attention: All Stakeholders

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that the 2025-26 Cost Recovery Implementation Statement (CRIS), will be published on the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) website (www.agriculture.gov.au) in July 2025.

Date of issue: 1 July 2025

Date of effect: 1 July 2025

Attention: All Stakeholders

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that the 2025-26 Cost Recovery Implementation Statement (CRIS), will be published on the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) website (www.agriculture.gov.au) in July 2025.

Date of issue: 1 July 2025

Date of effect: 1 July 2025

Attention: All Stakeholders

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that the 2025-26 Cost Recovery Implementation Statement (CRIS), will be published on the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) website (www.agriculture.gov.au) in July 2025.

30 June 2025

Who does this notice affect?

Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who will be required to book and manage requests for import inspections using the Biosecurity Portal during this planned outage.

Approved arrangements operators who will be required to view and/or update details of their Approved Arrangement via the Approve Arrangement Management Product (AAMP).

27 June 2025

Who does this notice affect?

All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) website.

Information

Restored time:

As of: 15:00 Friday 27 June 2025 (AEST).

Detail:

The unplanned service disruption to the BICON website has been resolved.

Clients should not experience any further service degradation to the BICON website as a result of this issue and now access all features and services, including making payments on BICON, as usual.

27 June 2025

Who does this notice affect?

All importers and customs brokers who lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment through the Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS).

27 June 2025

Who does this notice affect?

All vessel owners, operators, masters and shipping agents who represent international commercial vessels, including cruise vessels preparing for arrival into Australian territory.

What has changed?

In December 2023, an Import Industry Advice Notice was published regarding changes to reporting disembarking crew from commercial vessels, including cruise vessels.

This information is re-published to clarify Australian biosecurity reporting requirements.